sprocket face to swingarm face - distance?

[DoD#i]

A question more or less because my bike has had various things screwed up before I got it last year (some of which I'm still finding), and the transportation gods are frowning on me, so I'm trying to be a little extra-paranoid lest they bite me again.

From the outer face of your rear sprocket to the inner face of your swingarm, what's the space? I have about half an inch. It looks snuggish, though nothing is hitting. I didn't measure it with the old sprocket before I took it all apart and put it back together. I don't believe I've misplaced any spacers, and the chainline looks straight.

[JB848]

I'll go measure mine real quick.

Here is my 1990:



and the 2004:



They are close as you describe but there is room?

I hope that puts your mind at ease. That would be the correct clearance.